The Minsk region is interested in fruitful cooperation with all regions of Russia in various areas. This was stated by the Chairman of the Minsk Oblast Executive Committee Anatoly Isachenko today at a meeting with representatives of Russian media, BelTA has learned.
"Russia is an important trade and economic partner of the capital region, with about 45% of exports coming from the Russian Federation, about $ 1.3 billion worth of products delivered in eight months." Food, potash fertilizers and heavy equipment are in demand. with all regions in different areas, "said Anatoly Isachenko.
He informed that the region's share in the country's GDP is about 16%. The region produces 19% of industrial and 25% of agricultural products of the republic. The largest contribution to the economy is made by such enterprises as BelAZ and Belaruskali. Much attention is paid to the development of small and medium-sized businesses, about 34% of revenues to the budget are provided by enterprises of the non-state sector. Journalists were interested in supporting large families, the level of unemployment and medical care, attracting foreign labor, protecting the environment, the quality of local roads, the structure of budget revenues, the cost of housing and communal services, the improvement of territories, the maintenance of social infrastructure in the countryside.
Answering a question about how the system of handling solid municipal waste is organized in the region, Anatoly Isachenko told about plans to build three garbage processing plants in 2018. He noted the high interest of investors in such projects. Foreign companies are also ready to invest in agriculture, scientific and technical developments, industry.
Not ignored by representatives of the media theme of tourism. According to Anatoly Isachenko, the Minsk region is ready to offer tourists holidays in agro-sports and sanatoriums, sightseeing routes that include visiting the Nesvizh palace and park ensemble, the Zaslavl museum-reserve, the Logoysk and Silichi skiing complexes, the memorable places connected with the crossing Napoleon through Berezina.
Summing up the meeting, the chairman of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee thanked journalists for interesting questions and stressed the importance of this format of communication. "Press tours are an opportunity to show the country and the region, which we have achieved." With Russia's regions, we have good relations, and the more people know about the Minsk region, the more trade and economic cooperation and tourism will develop, "Anatoly said. Isachenko.
Russian journalists visit the Minsk region from October 31 to November 3. The organizers of the press tour are the Permanent Committee of the Union State, the National Press Center and the Minsk Regional Executive Committee. Among its participants are employees of the publications of the Union State, news agencies, print and electronic media from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, Bryansk and other regions. In total, the delegation consists of about 30 people. The program includes a visit to the RUE "Slutsk Belts", the Slutsk Cheese Factory, the Slutsk State College, the Zhodino bread-baking plant of OAO Borisovkhlebprom, the BelAZ Company, the Belkommunmash Management Company, and the infrastructure and social facilities. sphere of Smolevichi region.
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